It’s hard to imagine that the fallout between Konami and Hideo Kojima happened only 11 years ago, but the series has basically been dead ever since. Despite releasing Metal Gear Survive in 2018, Konami only more recently began developing new releases for Metal Gear Solid with the “Master Collection” series…
Square Enix has released a new promo video for Kingdom Hearts Collection [I~III], which celebrates 25 years of the popular Disney crossover franchise. The two-and-a-half-minute video features gameplay and cutscene footage from the three mainline titles, with main trio Sora, Donald Duck, and Goofy encountering tons of Disney and Pixar…
Coinciding with the ongoing celebration of The Legend of Zelda’s 40th anniversary, Nintendo’s music streaming service, Nintendo Music, is set to be updated with tracks from The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask later this week. Originally released alongside the game in 2000 (and re-released in 2013 as a Club Nintendo…
A journey where you’ll never know who you’ll run into next. That tagline for the first Kingdom Hearts stuck with me, because it really seemed true. How else could I come across Aladdin, Cloud Strife, and Tigger in a single game? The idea of exploring Disney’s animated worlds was appealing,…
As a die-hard Resident Evil fan since the 1996 original, I am often asked, “Are the films worth watching?” I’ve always been unable to give a straightforward answer. The truth is, I personally like them for strange reasons, but objectively, they aren’t good. The previous live-action installments are so nonsensical…
Of all the open world experiences available on Nintendo Switch 2, WB and Travelers Tales’ Lego Batman: Legacy of The Dark Knight was perhaps my most anticipated. How can you deny the pure gothic awesomeness of exploring Gotham City? As it turns out, you can’t, even on Switch 2. While…
Italy’s Milestone has done more for the Hot Wheels brand in video games than arguably any developer. Beginning with 2021’s Hot Wheels Unleashed and continuing with 2023’s Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged, Milestone bridged the gap between kid and adult alike with its take on the miniaturized speedsters. When I…
Our love of Capcom’s Switch 2 prominence is no secret, fostered through fantastic ports of familiar franchises and brand-new adventures over the last year. That’s all well and good, but this is a company with over 40 years of history. We have plenty of icons available or on the way,…
It’s hard to believe that it’s been well over a year since Elden Ring was announced for Nintendo Switch 2. In fact, it was one of the very first games revealed for the console back in April of last year. Since then, the game has been previewed and shown off…
Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio has paved the way for many adaptations over nearly a century and a half. 2023’s Lies of P reimagines the puppet wished to life, the talking cricket, and so much more of that story into a dark action RPG of all things. It creates…
Watching Splatoon grow from merely the best thing the Wii U gave the world to a modern Nintendo icon has been a treat. Three entries in and the series is finally comfortable enough in its metamorphic skin to do what all Nintendo successes eventually do — spin off! Any seasoned…
When it comes to video game adaptations, there are two wolves inside each beloved animation IP that are eventually given into: a kart racer and a fighting game. Nickelodeon’s smash hit western anime Avatar: The Last Airbender has already been a small part of both. However, it’s long overdue for…
There are plenty of on-rails arcade games. You can probably still find most of the classics in your local arcade: Virtua Cop, House of The Dead, and Jurassic Park just to name a few. Though the genre thrived in the ’90s, it has had somewhat of a recent resurgence with…
Of all the trends in gaming over the last few decades, the one that always seemed just outside of my reach was virtual reality. Not because I wasn’t interested in the technology — I thought it looked like a lot of fun and I was intrigued by the possibilities —…
Rhythm Heaven holds a special place in my heart, as I’m sure it does for many fans of Nintendo’s more niche and quirky corners. That this is the first all-new entry in the series in 15 years (though we did get the excellent Rhythm Heaven Megamix in the meantime) is…
